Personally I have tried almost all kind of meat from crocodile, kudu, springbok, ostrich, duck.... to Mopane Warms , which btw it ain't so bad. Either raw dry meat Biltong or tatar and horse as well. IMHO horse meat is not as tender as beef. If I were send to Carnivore restaurant in Muldersdrift, I wouldnt wanna try crocodile again. I would rather go for lamb chops. Lekker fingers licking!
I was talking about the price paid in the butcher's shop.
Why not, weejwwm, the sky is the limit...
Some even eat haggis...
...or black pudding. Now that's not for the faint hearted...
Haggis is great if the cook knows how to make it. I had it several times in restaurants, but only once in the old canteen.
There's also the swedish Surströmming and Norwegian Rakfisk. I'm not sure if it actually is the same, but both are kind of fermented fish. They say, that you should open the can of Surströmming under water, because the smell is so horrible.
The story below should deter most people from wanting to try it
I have a question for those with experience. I have tried ostrich a few times in restaurants, and I liked it quite a bit. I bought it once here at Coop to cook myself, and when I opened the package, I noticed a very distinct (deStinked?) smell that I was not willing to proceed with.
I tried again a couple of months later and had the same result. Is this somewhat unusual smell to be expected, or is coop peddling foul fowl?
As for odd meats I have tried, Bat would have to top my list. If you are curious, I doubt it can be found in restaurants. I experienced this delicacy at a survival school in the Philippines taught by Negrito tribesmen. After that on my list it is a toss up between rattle snakes, and a boa constrictor. They taste just like chicken, if chicken was made of rubber. I have eaten a few bugs along the way, but I would classify them more as mush rather than meat.
Steamed jellyfish is one well worth avoiding, IMHO...
I've had ostrich meat from both Coop and Aldi and both had a bit of smell before cooking. After pan-frying or roasting in the oven, they were fine.
Hey everyone,
I've tried lots of different kinds of meat and game. Ostrich, Crocodile, Zebra, Horse, Boar, Dik Dik, Impala, Kangaroo, etc...
Most of it was back in the day when restaurants were allowed to sell game meat in Kenya. No longer allowed these days unless it comes from a farm. I liked all of it, especially Boar and Dik Dik.
But Horse ... certainly not to my taste. Did not like the flavour. Whether or not your perception of it influences your taste is up to you. I simply didn't like it.
I don't believe that anything 'tastes like Chicken' apart from Chicken, and even that varies depending on where you eat it. Big fat steriod induced Chickens taste nothing like they should.
Ostrich is an excellent meat, flavourful yet lean.
Crocodile certainly does not taste like Chicken. It is unique white meat, salty, seaweedy (excuse my terrible English). It actually tasted to me like a pond ! A skewer of it grilled over charcoal served with a chilli sauce made it a great dish, oh of course with thick soggy chips. Only small portions were necessary as it is a strong flavoured meat.
En Guete
Bloody hell
No, it just smells weird. I find horse and (back home) kangaroo meat to have that the same kind of odd smell.
It tastes fine, however, and the smell has disappeared by the time it's cooked.
Horse meat= tasty..
It is indeed.
Also . . . frites cooked in horse fat = best frites ever. The fat is stinky though.
I ride regularily and love hroses, so I would never ever consider eating horse meat...
I'm a meat eater, but horse would be too much for me.
I mean I don't love cows or chickens nearly as much